Our human nature inevitably focuses on what isn't: what still needs to be done, what we still lack, where we still fall short. We focus on what's missing, what's lacking - the gap between what we want and what we have, between who we are and who we want to be.
The more we dwell on how good and constant and faithful God has been to us in the past, the more we can trust him as we open our lives up to him even more fully in the future.
As we continue to learn together what it means to love God, to love one another in our church family, and to pour out our love on the people God places around us in this world, God still has more for us, and much God asks of us.
That's why, following Hammarskjold's lead, we are beginning the new year with a series on gratitude.
In this series, we will be learning together the makings of a life of gratitude.
